rdblue commented on code in PR #10831: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/10831#discussion_r1815721061
########## format/spec.md: ########## @@ -444,6 +449,9 @@ Sorting floating-point numbers should produce the following behavior: `-NaN` < ` A data or delete file is associated with a sort order by the sort order's id within [a manifest](#manifests). Therefore, the table must declare all the sort orders for lookup. A table could also be configured with a default sort order id, indicating how the new data should be sorted by default. Writers should use this default sort order to sort the data on write, but are not required to if the default order is prohibitively expensive, as it would be for streaming writes. +Note: + +1. `variant` columns are not valid for sorting. Review Comment: We are only saying that Variant values cannot be present in an Iceberg sort order. Engines can sort if they choose. We could also define a sort order if we wanted, but this seems like a good place to start. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@iceberg.apache.org
